{"id":12207,"date":"2007-02-13T18:21:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T02:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12207"},"modified":"2023-01-23T14:28:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T22:28:29","slug":"correspondence-access-to-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12207","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Access to abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Janet Epp Buckingham<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cmaj.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ\" class=\"wp-image-11269\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>Given that abortion and its regulation and restriction continue to be hotly debated in Canada, it is not simply \u201clike any other medical procedure.\u201d It is also inaccurate to portray a physician who exercises a right of conscientious objection to participating in abortion as violating CMA policy. The 1988 CMA Policy on Induced Abortion specifically allows for such a right of conscientious objection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Buckingham JE. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1800562\/pdf\/20070213s00026p492.pdf\">(Correspondence) Access to abortion<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 2007;176(4):492. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janet Epp Buckingham ExtractGiven that abortion and its regulation and restriction continue to be hotly debated in Canada, it is not simply \u201clike any other medical procedure.\u201d It is also inaccurate to portray a physician who exercises a right of conscientious objection to participating in abortion as violating CMA policy. 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